short
short/SHôrt/
adjective
- measuring a small distance from end to end."short dark hair"synonyms: small, little, tiny, minuscule, teeny, teeny-weeny, low, squat, stubby, miniature, dwarf, wee, direct, straight
- lasting or taking a small amount of time."visiting London for a short break"synonyms: brief, momentary, temporary, short-lived, impermanent, short-term, cursory, fleeting, passing, fugitive, flying, lightning, transitory, transient, ephemeral, evanescent, fading, quick, meteoric, fugacious
- relatively small in extent."a short speech"synonyms: concise, brief, succinct, to the point, compact, terse, curt, summary, economical, crisp, short and sweet, pithy, epigrammatic, laconic, pointed, thumbnail, abridged, abbreviated, condensed, synoptic, compendious, summarized, contracted, curtailed, truncated
- (of a vowel) categorized as short with regard to quality and length (e.g. in standard British English the vowel /ʊ/ in good is short as distinct from the long vowel /uː/ in food ).
- (of a person) terse; uncivil."he was often sharp and rather short with her"synonyms: curt, sharp, abrupt, blunt, brusque, terse, offhand, gruff, ungracious, graceless, surly, snappy, testy, tart, rude, discourteous, uncivil, impolite, ill-mannered, bad-mannered
- (of odds or a chance) reflecting or representing a high level of probability."they have been backed at short odds to win thousands of pounds"
- (of pastry) containing a high proportion of fat to flour and therefore crumbly.synonyms: crumbly, crispy, crisp, brittle, friable, fatty, shortcrust
adverb
(chiefly in sport) at, to, or over a relatively small distance.
"you go deep and you go short"
noun
- a drink of spirits served in a small measure.
- a short film as opposed to a feature film.
- a short sound such as a short signal in Morse code or a short vowel or syllable."her call was two longs and a short"
- a short circuit.
- a person who sells short.
- a mixture of bran and coarse flour.
verb
- short-circuit or cause to short-circuit."the electrical circuit had shorted out"
- sell (stocks or other securities or commodities) in advance of acquiring them, with the aim of making a profit when the price falls."the rule prevents sellers from shorting a stock unless the last trade resulted in a price increase"
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adjective · having little length; not long. · having little height; not tall: · extending or reaching only a little way: · brief in duration; not extensive in ...
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In finance, being short in an asset means investing in such a way that the investor will profit if the market value of the asset falls.
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Short selling is a trading strategy where investors speculate on a stock's decline. Short sellers bet on, and profit from a drop in a security's price.
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